Portrait of left profile of actress Billie Burke, wearing her hair in a bun, a necklace, and a short-sleeved dress. Burke, best known for playing the role of Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the 1939 MGM movie "The Wizard of Oz," was born Mary...

Portrait of Charles F. Brown, with gray hair parted in the middle, wearing a suit jacket and bow tie. His reference to "The Honey Boys" may indicate that he managed the George Evans and his "Honey Boy" Minstrels, which performed at Macauley's...

Portrait of Charles F. Towle wearing jacket, vest, tie, and pince nez. His inscription indicates that he managed the touring company of "Ben Hur" that performed at Macauley's Theatre in March 1908. Inscription on mount, lower center: To my friend...

Character portrait of actor Eugene O'Rourke in costume for the role of Teddy in "My Geraldine." He wears a sideways cap, corduroy suit jacket and vest, and striped bow tie. His inscription indicates a jolly camaraderie with "Col." John Macauley and...

Jimmy "Barberwreck" Jones standing on top of flagpole to promote a local baseball player, June 24, 1928; event described by Samuel Thomas in "St. Matthews: The Crossroads of Beargrass" (Beargrass-St. Matthews Historical Society, Inc., 1999)....

Address: 2320 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley tracks run down Frankfort Avenue by the Schwarz, Clifford and Scott building at the corner of Keats Avenue. The building includes signage for "Pontiac Sixes and Eights" and services...

Portrait of right profile of performer Violet Dale wearing her hair down, with a cloth flower tucked behind her right ear, and an off-the-shoulder dress with floral corsage. Violet Dale starred as Dorothy Gray in "The Liberty Belles" at Macauley's...